Legal Opinion

Smith v. Brown

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided October 27, 2017No. 17 Civ. 2743 (GWG)PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge

Defendant Dedric Brown moves to substitute the United States of America (the "United States" or "Government") as defendant in this case and to dismiss the Amended Complaint filed by pro se plaintiff Robin Smith for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1).1 For the reasons stated below, *652Brown's motion is granted and the case is dismissed.

I. FACTS

A. Background

Both Smith and Brown were Immigration Service Officers ("ISOs") for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") Naturalization Unit…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Natalia Makarova v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  5. Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by18 opinions

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